It’s sometimes hard to explain my enduring fascination with all things ufological to those not familiar with the area (which, let’s face it, amounts to about 95% of the people I have any sort of interaction with). Still more perplexing to most is the notion that I am both open-minded and skeptical about the topic. As a matter of fact, this applies to all the paranormal, Fortean, magickal, fringe areas that I continue to be informed and fascinated by.
There is an admitted entertainment value to a lot of these areas. I am, after all, a child of the SF continuum. But the anomalous experiences I have had over the years do suggest to me that there is something more than just the trivial or entertaining at play here. At the very least, these topics lie at the borders of human psychology. Often times they hint at minds utterly different from that which most of us would classify as human.
Most sources on this topic are unfortunately marred by one or the other of the great pillars of boneheadism found in these areas. Namely, the debunkers and the true believers. Very little information coming from these two camps interests me any more.
Sure, I’ll listen ocassionally to the Coast to Coasts and watch the silly debates on Larry King. But I tire easily with these things. Occasionally I run across truly innovative and inquisitive takes on these areas that reflect my own tendencies to link everything from consciousness studies to folklore and cutting edge physics, to streams of literature, art, and music. Such an oasis would be exemplified by a recent discovery, the now defunct Magonia publication. It’s quite the gold mine of articles, thoroughly researched and with a definite academic approach to the area of ufology and Forteana.
It’s just satisfying to find such resources.
And with that, I’ll leave you with another sighting in Mexico of some strange worm-like thing expelling a little sphere. Zeta Reticulans? Folklore in the making? Garland of ballons? Who knows? It all still fascinates me.
